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UNITED STATES PATENTr OFFICE.

JOHN L. STEVENS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE A. .SMITH AND EDWARD HEMPSTEAD, OF SAME PLAGE.

EGG CASE on Box.V

SPECIFICATION forming* part of Letters Patent No. 261,780, dated July 25, 1882. Application led December 21, 1881. (Model.)

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JoHN L. SrEvENs,of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg Cases or Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is' a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference 1o marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

-The object of my invention is to construct a haring-sided egg-box of pasteboard, or the equivalent thereothaving interlocking parti- I5 tions, which are adapted to be folded flatly,

and which have beveled ends, the Whole constituting a new and improved article ot manufacture, which will prevent eggs from being' crushed in transportation. These objects I attain bythe devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of one of my improved boxes, showing the partitions in place therein. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view, showing two ot' the boxes nested with the partitions removed 5 and Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectional view of one of the boxes with the partitions.

The letter A indicates the body of the box, the sides and ends of which are so constructed as to flare outwardly from the bottom to the top. The saidv box may be constructed of any suitable material, but is preferably formed of pasteboard, as usual. The edges at the top are secured together by strips a ot' fibrous material pasted on the corners, as indicated in Fig. l, so as to canse the box to permanently retain its form. v

The letter B indicates the movable partitins, which cross each other, and are secured together, as usual, in such manner that they may be folded iiat or opened out, so as to form a series of pockets for the reception of the eggs when in place in the box. The ends of the 45 partitions are cut at an angle corresponding to the Hare of' the sides, so that they may be readily inserted and properly supported when placed in the box. The flaring sides permit the boxes to be packed in nests after they are pnt up, thus economizing space in transporta- 5o tion and enabling the said boxes to be immediately used when unpacked, without having tobe set up. The daring sides also prevent the boxes from being crushed in the crates, and the consequent injury to the eggs, as the upper edges above come in contact with the sides of the crate or with each other, and consequently there is comparatively little pressure upon the sides of the box.

I do not claim a square-sided box having re- 6o movable partitions forming cells to receive eggs. Neither do I claim a flaring-sided box or frame for receiving fruit-baskets.

My improvement consists in the combination of a flexible Haring-sided box and a number of interlocking partitions which form braces for the sides, and also interior cells for the eggs, said partons being so constructed that they can be folded iiat. l

Having thus described my invention, what 7o I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ls-

1. An egg-box constructed with flaring sides A, united near their upper corners by the strips a, in combination with the removable partitions B, constructed with Haring ends, substantially as and for the purposes specitied.

2. The new article of manufacture consisting ot' a flexible daring-sided paper box having iiexible interlocking partitions and braces, 8o the ends of which are beveled and form abutments for the daring sides of the box, as herein shown and described.

In'testimony whereofI affix my signature, in presence of' two witnesses, this 10th day of De 85 cember, 1881.

JOHN L. STEVENS. Witnesses:

WM. E. HATTERMAN, J oHN- GLENN. 

